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• TRAIT/ TRAITS
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• PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
BASIC GENDER
CONCEPTS
Refers to the
biological and
physiological
characteristics
that define
men and
women
SEX CHARACTERISTICS…
• Women menstruated while men do not
• Women have developed breasts that are
usually capable of lactating while men
have not
• Women can give birth.
CANNOT
BE
CHANGED
• Men can supply sperm.
• Men have testicles while women do not
BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES....
FEMALE MALE
INTERNAL uterus,
REPRODUCTIVE ovaries, testes
ORGANS fallopian tube,
ovum
CHROMOSOMES XX XY
Progesterone
Gender refers to the
socially constructed
roles and relationships,
personality traits,
attitudes, behaviors,
values, relative power
and influence that
society ascribes to the
two sexes on a
differential basis.
• Gender varies from culture to
culture and over time.